WO2004113770A2 - Presse-garniture a labyrinthe abradable a inversion de tourbillon - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
- F01D11/00—Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working-fluid, e.g. between stages
- F01D11/001—Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working-fluid, e.g. between stages for sealing space between stator blade and rotor
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
- F01D11/00—Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working-fluid, e.g. between stages
- F01D11/02—Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working-fluid, e.g. between stages by non-contact sealings, e.g. of labyrinth type
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
- F04D29/08—Sealings
- F04D29/10—Shaft sealings
- F04D29/102—Shaft sealings especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
- F04D29/66—Combating cavitation, whirls, noise, vibration or the like; Balancing
- F04D29/661—Combating cavitation, whirls, noise, vibration or the like; Balancing especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
- F04D29/668—Combating cavitation, whirls, noise, vibration or the like; Balancing especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps damping or preventing mechanical vibrations
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
- F16J15/00—Sealings
- F16J15/44—Free-space packings
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
- F16J15/00—Sealings
- F16J15/44—Free-space packings
- F16J15/445—Free-space packings with means for adjusting the clearance
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
- F16J15/00—Sealings
- F16J15/44—Free-space packings
- F16J15/447—Labyrinth packings
- F16J15/4472—Labyrinth packings with axial path
Definitions
- Centrifugal compressors are rotating machines. They are comprised of stationary portions referred to as stators and rotating portions known as rotors. The rotors are supported on journal bearings in the stator. Differential gas pressure in the axial direction along the shaft tends to cause leakage flow along the shaft from higher to lower pressure regions. This leakage flow is detrimental for various reasons. Hence, seals are positioned along the shaft to retard this leakage flow. In centrifugal compressors, use of labyrinth seals, and especially abradable labyrinth seals, are well known.
- Labyrinth seals provide a tortuous path along the shaft minimizing flow.
- labyrinth seals comprise a plurality of radial teeth extending from the stator or the shaft with a small radial clearance at the tips of the teeth.
- the surface is made of an abradable material such that in use, and depending on the vibrations encountered, the tips of the labyrinth teeth cut away grooves providing an additional clearance.
- Labyrinth seals with strong gas swirl in the direction of rotation of the shaft can generate a destabilizing force that may induce rotor instability. This is primarily influenced by the swirl velocity at the entrance to the labyrinth seal. Vanes have been proposed for reducing the swirl in common labyrinth seals as explained, for example, in Miller U.S. Patent No. 4,420,161. This invention is directed to the integration of swirl-reducing vanes and abradable labyrinth seals with teeth fixed to the stator.
- an apparatus for restricting axial flow through the clearance between a rotating shaft and a seal stator and providing effective damping to improve rotor stability comprises an abradable labyrinth seal and swirl-reversing vanes upstream of the labyrinth seal.
- the shaft comprises a first toothed axial section having a plurality of radially extending annular teeth and a second upstream toothed axial section having at least one radially extending annular tooth.
- the number of teeth in the second axial section is less than four.
- the vanes have a v-shape with a generally v-shaped slot therebetween.
- the apex of the slot is pointed circumferentially in the direction of rotation whereby the axial gas flow swirling in the rotational direction of the shaft enters the slots and is redirected to exit swirling in the direction against the rotation of the shaft.
- the vanes have an arcuate shape with the top of the arc pointed in the direction of rotation of the shaft.
- the tooth upstream of the vanes has the function of delivering the swirling axial flow to the base of the vanes enabling the most effective swirl reversal.
- FIG. 1 is a section view of an apparatus according to this invention
- Fig. 2 is a detailed section view illustrating main axial leakage flow and secondary axial leakage flow
- FIG. 3 is an unrolled schematic view of a portion of the swirl-reversal vane cascade on the inner diameter of the stator for illustrating the swirl reversal; and [0008] Figs. 4(A), 4(B), and 4(C) are views similar to Fig. 3 illustrating alternate vane cascade configurations.
- the apparatus for restricting axial flow comprises a rotor portion 10 and a stator seal portion 11.
- the rotor has a toothed section 12 comprising a labyrinth seal. There is a very small clearance between the tip of teeth 13 and the inner surface of the stator seal.
- the rotor has a second toothed section 14 upstream of the first toothed section having at least one tooth. Between the first and second toothed sections there is a section 15 that is a smooth cylindrical surface having a diameter less than the outer diameter of the tips of the labyrinth teeth.
- the surface of the stator radially outward of the plurality of teeth 13 in the first toothed section is coated with an abradable material 16. There may or may not be an abradable material radially outward of the second toothed section. If not, the clearance will be somewhat larger than being used with abradable materials.
- Swirl-reversal vanes 17 are fixed to the stator seal extending into cylindrical section 15 on the shaft. [0010] Referring to Fig. 2, arrow 18 indicates the direction of flow along the shaft.
- the tooth 14 causes the main leakage flow to pass through the swirl-reversal vanes 17.
- a minor or secondary leakage flow (indicated by a dashed line arrow) is not affected by the vanes. However, the secondary leakage flow is minor because of the existence and position of the vane 17.
- the velocity of the inlet flow to the vanes Ni has two components; namely, the axial velocity Wi and the circumferential velocity U-. in the direction of the rotor rotation.
- the vanes have a generally v-shape or arc shape with the apex or arch pointing in the direction of shaft rotation.
- the jet of leakage flow is confined and directed by the tooth 14 at the base of the vanes.
- the direction of the flow Ni is generally parallel to the vanes at the entrance to the narrow path between the vanes.
- Figs. 4(A), 4(B), and 4(C) illustrate alternate vane profiles suitable, according to this invention.
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